The Missouri Department of Conservation has
tried to manage the wildlife area for the Prairie Chickens. Here are
some pictures taken on the prairie several years ago.

Look closely and you will see a prairie chicken
nest.

In the mid 1990's the Department of Conservation
asked surrounding landowners to clear trees from their land. The
picture below shows one of our family farms which now resembles the
early prairie landscape (but that still doesn't have prairie
chickens).